KishoreKumar

• Oct 3rd, 2005

 

It is used for the back-up purpose.Whenever there is a loss of data by accidental then we can restore it from the Exported/Imported data.

rudra narayan chand

• Nov 17th, 2005

 

in vsam why we use export-import utility?

Ram

• Jun 12th, 2006

 

Use REPRO commands in VSAM dataset

Basu

• Jul 12th, 2006

 

Export utility is used to take a backup of VSAM dataset in tape and then import utility is used to restore that dataset again from tape

Shashank Gite

 Profile Answers by Shashank Gite 

• Jan 3rd, 2009

 

EXPORT-IMPORT UTILITY is used to take a back along with the attributes of the VSAM file and restore the back with the same attributes respectively.We can use REPRO to take back up it will not copy the attributes of the file, it will only copy data logically. Hance after deliting the original VSAM file we will have to redefine it for restoring.
NOTE: IMPORT can be used for restoration only if data has been backed up using EXPORT